Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Forty Fort came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Forty Fort in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Forty Fort. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Forty Fort data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Forty Fort:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Forty Fort is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Forty Fort in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Forty Fort for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Forty Fort. See our Misc Page for Forty Fort for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forty Fort. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/